BiotropicaPub Date : 2025-06-06DOI: 10.1111/btp.70048
Jennifer S. Powers, Francis Q. Brearley, Jayashree Ratnam, Eleanor M. Slade
{"title":"Announcement: Biotropica's New Subject Editors 2025","authors":"Jennifer S. Powers, Francis Q. Brearley, Jayashree Ratnam, Eleanor M. Slade","doi":"10.1111/btp.70048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70048","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Biotropica</i>, the flagship journal of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, is a highly regarded source of original research on the ecology, conservation, and management of all tropical ecosystems, and on the biology and evolution of tropical organisms. We aim for timely, fair, transparent, and constructive reviews and editorial decisions on the 400–500 manuscripts received yearly. We value a geographically diverse Editorial Board with broad expertise in tropical taxa and ecological, evolutionary, and conservation research, reflecting our diverse authorship and readership.</p><p>In 2024, we ran our second open call for service on our Editorial Board. This year, we selected seven new Subject Editors from a highly qualified pool (Figure 1). Their expertise includes taxa such as mammals, birds, epiphytes, and micro-organisms, and conceptual areas, such as habitat fragmentation, pollination, frugivory, restoration, and plant–soil interactions. Our new Subject Editors represent a geographically diverse group of institutions in Brazil, India, Mexico, Poland, and the United States. Please join us in welcoming our new Subject Editors and thanking those who are rotating off the Editorial Board, which now comprises 64 members based in 20 countries. The open call for editorial service will be an annual call, so please consider serving on our Editorial Board in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":8982,"journal":{"name":"Biotropica","volume":"57 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/btp.70048","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144220076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BiotropicaPub Date : 2025-06-05DOI: 10.1111/btp.70053
Liam A. Trethowan, Benjamin Wong Blonder, Endang Kintamani, Deden Girmansyah, Timothy M. A. Utteridge, Francis Q. Brearley
{"title":"Clades That Frequently Accumulate Metals Do Not Have Low Abundance in the Tropical Forests of Sulawesi, Indonesia","authors":"Liam A. Trethowan, Benjamin Wong Blonder, Endang Kintamani, Deden Girmansyah, Timothy M. A. Utteridge, Francis Q. Brearley","doi":"10.1111/btp.70053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70053","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In diverse tropical communities, individuals with more distinct traits typically have lower abundance. In many tropical communities, the most distinct plants with regard to their stoichiometry are metal hyperaccumulators. The Celastrales, Oxalidales, and Malpighiales (COM) clades feature more than 50% of known nickel hyperaccumulators. Metal hyperaccumulation likely incurs high energy costs for physiological processes, potentially reducing competitive ability in nutrient-limited environments. We therefore test if COM species that are increasingly stoichiometrically distinct are also rare, and if these effects depend on soil metal concentrations. We measured leaf element concentration for 283 tree species from ten 0.25 ha plots over ultramafic (metal-rich) and non-ultramafic soils in Sulawesi, Indonesia. We fit a phylogenetic mixed-effects model of abundance with calculated leaf stoichiometric distinctiveness, soil metal concentrations, macronutrient concentrations, pH, and whether species belong to COM clades as further predictors. At all soil metal concentrations, species with more distinct leaf stoichiometry are rare, except for COM species. In tropical forests of Sulawesi, metal accumulation does not have a negative relationship with the abundance of COM species but does with other clades. Metal accumulation reflects a niche axis that impacts the structures of communities across ultramafic and non-ultramafic soils.</p>","PeriodicalId":8982,"journal":{"name":"Biotropica","volume":"57 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/btp.70053","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144219993","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BiotropicaPub Date : 2025-05-29DOI: 10.1111/btp.70045
Gayomini Panagoda, Iromi K. Wijethunge, Beixi Zhang, Fanjuan Meng, Yanlei Liu, Sarath Kotagama, Taej Mundkur, Sivananinthaperumal Balachandran, Lei Cao, Sampath S. Seneviratne
{"title":"A Transcontinental Migratory Passage Linking the Indian Ocean With the Arctic Ocean: Migration of Heuglin's Gulls From Tropics to Arctic","authors":"Gayomini Panagoda, Iromi K. Wijethunge, Beixi Zhang, Fanjuan Meng, Yanlei Liu, Sarath Kotagama, Taej Mundkur, Sivananinthaperumal Balachandran, Lei Cao, Sampath S. Seneviratne","doi":"10.1111/btp.70045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70045","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Heuglin's Gulls (<i>Larus heuglini</i>) GPS-tracked from Sri Lanka to the Arctic in successive years followed a combination of coastal and overland routes through Eurasia (~8000 km) instead of the shortest maritime (~15,000 km) or shortest transcontinental (6346 km) routes, revealing a novel transcontinental passage for seabirds between the Indian and Arctic Oceans.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":8982,"journal":{"name":"Biotropica","volume":"57 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144171531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BiotropicaPub Date : 2025-05-29DOI: 10.1111/btp.70052
Ryobu Fukuyama, Wataru Noyori, Shuichiro Tagane, Shouta Iyoda, Hiroki Sato
{"title":"Frugivory by Three Species of Lizards in Madagascar: Implication for Their Ecological Roles as Seed Dispersers","authors":"Ryobu Fukuyama, Wataru Noyori, Shuichiro Tagane, Shouta Iyoda, Hiroki Sato","doi":"10.1111/btp.70052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70052","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Animal-mediated seed dispersal, particularly endozoochory, is an important ecological process for numerous plant species. Although most research on endozoochory has focused on birds and mammals, some lizards are also known to consume fruits and play a significant role in seed dispersal. However, lizards remain overlooked as frugivores and seed dispersers. To clarify the role of lizards as seed dispersers in forest ecosystems, we conducted behavioral observations and fecal analyses on three diurnal lizard species: <i>Furcifer oustaleti</i>, <i>Oplurus cuvieri</i>, and <i>Zonosaurus laticaudatus</i> in a tropical dry forest in Ankarafantsika National Park, northwestern Madagascar during the wet seasons from 2022 to 2024 (2 years). We also conducted germination trials on seeds defecated by <i>F. oustaleti</i> and <i>O. cuvieri</i>. We captured 89, 254, and 38 individuals of the three lizard species, and 24.7 %, 20.1 %, and 15.8 % of the individuals had seeds in their feces, respectively. Behavioral observations and fecal analyses revealed that <i>F. oustaleti</i>, <i>O. cuvieri</i>, and <i>Z. laticaudatus</i> consumed fruits from 8, 18, and 8 plant species, respectively. For individuals with seeds in their feces, the mean number of defecated seeds per individual was 27.2 (range: 1–300), and we confirmed that some of these species had substantial germination rates (> 50%). Moreover, lizards tended to consume different plant species compared to the Common Brown Lemur (<i>Eulemur fulvus</i>), a principal seed disperser in this forest. These lizards may therefore play important roles as seed dispersers, and their contribution to forest regeneration in Madagascar should be considered.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":8982,"journal":{"name":"Biotropica","volume":"57 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144171530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BiotropicaPub Date : 2025-05-23DOI: 10.1111/btp.70036
Kamga Lydie Messado, Bruno Buatois, Vincent Droissart, Bonaventure Sonké, Florent Martos
{"title":"Floral Scent Variation in Cyrtorchis letouzeyi (Orchidaceae) Between Natural Versus Cultivated Environments","authors":"Kamga Lydie Messado, Bruno Buatois, Vincent Droissart, Bonaventure Sonké, Florent Martos","doi":"10.1111/btp.70036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70036","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the tropics, one successful tool for orchid scientific studies and conservation is the creation of shade houses for ex situ cultivation of regional species. Here, we provide the first comparison of floral scent chemistry in shade houses and natural populations of orchids in central Africa. We investigate floral scent variations between two shade houses and one natural site in a sphingophilous epiphytic orchid, <i>Cyrtorchis letouzeyi</i>, in Cameroon. Samples were collected in and ex situ through the dynamic headspace method and analyzed using gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. Both composition and relative emission rate were analyzed with temperature and humidity levels recorded at the time of sampling. The floral scent was dominated by both aromatics and isoprenoids and derivatives, including methyl benzoate, linalool, and pyranoid and furanoid forms of linalool oxide. Variations in temperature and humidity had no significant impact on the floral scent composition but on relative emission rates. Samples under shade house cultivation produced the same compounds as those in the natural environment. Quantitatively, differences were recorded in the proportions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced, but the main compound remained unchanged in both environments. Dissimilarities were driven by the production of linalool and its derivatives. Based on these findings, we suggest that shade houses are a suitable tool to characterize the qualitative floral scent diversity of tropical epiphytic orchids and can therefore serve to complement in situ sampling.</p>","PeriodicalId":8982,"journal":{"name":"Biotropica","volume":"57 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/btp.70036","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144126076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BiotropicaPub Date : 2025-05-22DOI: 10.1111/btp.70047
Onja H. Razafindratsima, Veronarindra Ramananjato, Finaritra Randimbiarison, Seheno Andriantsaralaza, Anja R. S. Rafaharetana, Tanjoniaina H. N. P. Rabarijaonina, Nasandratra Nancia Raoelinjanakolona, Diary N. Razafimandimby, Rindra H. Nantenaina, Njaratiana A. Raharinoro, Hasinavalona Rakotoarisoa, Tsinjo S. A. Andriatiavina, Sandra M. Rasoarimalala, Harielle F. Ratianarinambinina, Mirana J. E. Rahariniaina, Fidisoa Rasambainarivo, Rita Ratsisetraina, Rindrahatsarana Ramanankirahina, Alida F. Hasiniaina, Hanta Razafindraibe, Eliette Noromalala, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina
{"title":"120 Years of “Lemurology”: A Qualitative Review of What We Have Learned","authors":"Onja H. Razafindratsima, Veronarindra Ramananjato, Finaritra Randimbiarison, Seheno Andriantsaralaza, Anja R. S. Rafaharetana, Tanjoniaina H. N. P. Rabarijaonina, Nasandratra Nancia Raoelinjanakolona, Diary N. Razafimandimby, Rindra H. Nantenaina, Njaratiana A. Raharinoro, Hasinavalona Rakotoarisoa, Tsinjo S. A. Andriatiavina, Sandra M. Rasoarimalala, Harielle F. Ratianarinambinina, Mirana J. E. Rahariniaina, Fidisoa Rasambainarivo, Rita Ratsisetraina, Rindrahatsarana Ramanankirahina, Alida F. Hasiniaina, Hanta Razafindraibe, Eliette Noromalala, Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina","doi":"10.1111/btp.70047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70047","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The high diversity and microendemism of Madagascar's evolutionary unique primates, lemurs, have attracted scholars and scientists from various disciplines for more than a century. Unfortunately, lemur populations are facing high risks threatening their continued existence. A synthesis of the current knowledge about this unique taxonomic group is, therefore, timely to establish a foundation for future studies that can be used in evidence-based actions in both in situ and <i>ex situ</i> conservation settings. This review explores the extensive body of published research about lemurs, consolidating findings from various studies. Covering a range of topics, the review synthesizes about 120 years of scientific articles, starting in 1900, to summarize current advances in scientific studies about lemur, that is, “Lemurology”, beyond reports of their discoveries and descriptions. It also addresses the conservation challenges these animals face, emphasizing the urgent need for effective protective measures. By synthesizing and analyzing a wealth of scientific literature, this review can serve as an important resource for researchers, conservationists, and educators interested in lemur biology and conservation.</p>","PeriodicalId":8982,"journal":{"name":"Biotropica","volume":"57 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/btp.70047","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144108748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BiotropicaPub Date : 2025-05-21DOI: 10.1111/btp.70049
Daniel Bastos Pimenta, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima Pequeno, Maria Lúcia Absy, André Rodrigo Rech
{"title":"Phenotypic, Floristic, and Anthropogenic Drivers of the Pollen Niche of Amazonian Stingless Bees","authors":"Daniel Bastos Pimenta, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima Pequeno, Maria Lúcia Absy, André Rodrigo Rech","doi":"10.1111/btp.70049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70049","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Stingless bees (Apidae: Meliponini) are major pollinators in the tropics, supporting key ecosystem services. Yet, stingless bee impact on pollination depends on how many and which pollen types they use, and the relative importance of different factors affecting bee choice for pollen is uncertain. Further, empirical syntheses on bee–plant interactions have largely neglected the Amazon, where stingless bees are major pollinators. Here, we tested phenotypic, environmental, and anthropogenic effects on stingless bee pollen niche across the Brazilian Amazon. We assembled literature data on 242 pollen types collected by 36 species of stingless bees, which were sampled across 1450 km during 1975 to 2012. In this study, the pollen niche is defined by two dimensions: the number and set of pollen taxa collected by stingless bees, representing diversity and composition of the gathered pollen. We modeled the response of the pollen diversity and composition to (1) bee species body mass, (2) tree diversity, (3) tree composition, (4) rainfall, (5) urbanization, and (6) sampling year while accounting for the pollen sampling method, pollen taxonomic uncertainty, and bee phylogenetic relatedness. Pollen diversity decreased with body mass and over time but was higher in urban compared to wild colonies. Pollen composition changed with body mass, tree composition, and year. These relationships were independent of colony sampling method and bee phylogeny and were robust even under uncertainty in pollen taxonomic identification. We show that larger stingless bees are more selective foragers, but much of the variation in their pollen niche across the Brazilian Amazon reflects urbanization, plant resources, and geographical patterns in climate. The long-term change of stingless bee pollen niche can have serious consequences for pollination in the region.</p>","PeriodicalId":8982,"journal":{"name":"Biotropica","volume":"57 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/btp.70049","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144100492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BiotropicaPub Date : 2025-05-14DOI: 10.1111/btp.70046
Rodrigo Díaz-Talamantes, Edgar J. González, Rodrigo Muñoz, Moisés Enríquez, Gerardo Dávila-Hernández, Valentina Sandoval-Granillo, Edwin Lebrija-Trejos, Jorge A. Meave
{"title":"Successional Growth Dynamics of Woody Saplings in Tropical Dry Forest Understory","authors":"Rodrigo Díaz-Talamantes, Edgar J. González, Rodrigo Muñoz, Moisés Enríquez, Gerardo Dávila-Hernández, Valentina Sandoval-Granillo, Edwin Lebrija-Trejos, Jorge A. Meave","doi":"10.1111/btp.70046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70046","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Thoroughly understanding tropical forest secondary succession requires insights into the processes occurring in the forest understory, the vegetation component where the regenerating community develops. Although sapling growth is essential to this process, information on how it changes along succession is scarce. Here, we examine relative growth rates (RGR) of woody species saplings along a broad successional gradient in a tropical dry forest based on height and basal area data gathered over 15 years of vegetation monitoring in permanent plots differing in successional age (1–73 years) plus a mature forest plot. We used mixed-effects models to examine the link between individual size, fallow age, and plant traits, and from this link model their relationship with sapling RGR. Despite sizable RGR variability, growth was generally slow over the successional gradient, except in the first 10 years of succession, when growth rates were highest for most groups. Species' successional guild and their identity as members of the Leguminosae family were the main factors responsible for growth in basal area, while for growth in height, the main factors involved were successional guild and growth form. A generalized decrease in sapling growth rates in the understory suggests that this process is increasingly limited by light rather than by water towards later successional stages. Enhanced knowledge of the dynamics of the regenerating community in tropical dry forests is fundamental for gaining a comprehensive view of their recovery.</p>","PeriodicalId":8982,"journal":{"name":"Biotropica","volume":"57 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/btp.70046","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143949952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BiotropicaPub Date : 2025-05-06DOI: 10.1111/btp.70044
Adam Sharp, Weng Yuen Chin, Noel Tawatao
{"title":"Invasive Big-Headed Ants and Black Rats Are Dominant Arthropod Predators Across Opposing Habitats of a Degraded Oceanic Island","authors":"Adam Sharp, Weng Yuen Chin, Noel Tawatao","doi":"10.1111/btp.70044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70044","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Invasive animals threaten island-native arthropods with predation. We found that introduced ants and rats conducted 77% of experimental arthropod live bait predations on Ascension Island. Predation was mostly by big-headed ants <i>Pheidole megacephala</i> inland and around non-native vegetation, and by black rats <i>Rattus rattus</i> in coastal lowland habitats and caves.</p>","PeriodicalId":8982,"journal":{"name":"Biotropica","volume":"57 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/btp.70044","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143909356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BiotropicaPub Date : 2025-05-06DOI: 10.1111/btp.70043
Milena Rosa Pereira, Pedro Henrique de Oliveira Hoffmann, Andressa Adolfo, Daniel Antunes Mendonça, Sônia Marisa Hefler, Andy J. Green, Leonardo Maltchik, Cristina Stenert
{"title":"Cattle Disperse Seeds and Aquatic Plants in Neotropical Wetlands","authors":"Milena Rosa Pereira, Pedro Henrique de Oliveira Hoffmann, Andressa Adolfo, Daniel Antunes Mendonça, Sônia Marisa Hefler, Andy J. Green, Leonardo Maltchik, Cristina Stenert","doi":"10.1111/btp.70043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.70043","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Dispersal by waterbirds and wild mammals is known to be important for maintaining biodiversity among wetlands. Cattle are known to be important seed dispersers in terrestrial habitats; however, the role of cattle in plant dispersal among wetlands is poorly known. We analyzed the potential for the dispersal of aquatic plants (seeds, diaspores and whole plants) by cattle (<i>Bos taurus</i>) through endozoochory in Neotropical wetlands. Ten fresh fecal samples per site (total 30 samples) were collected in three farms of the Pampa region, southern Brazil, between September and November of 2023. A total of 982 propagules and whole plants from 37 wetland plant taxa, belonging to 14 angiosperm and two fern families, were reported. Ten of these taxa are aquatic, seven terrestrial, and 19 grow both in water and on land. Viability was confirmed for seeds from 10 angiosperm families and for 26% of all seeds tested. Our results suggest cattle provide an important ecosystem service for wetland biodiversity in grassland areas through seed dispersal.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":8982,"journal":{"name":"Biotropica","volume":"57 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143909357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}